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Roger Goodell has not yet found anything wrong with Steve Tisch's highly publicized interactions with Jeffrey Epstein.
The court of public opinion has already ruled against New York Giants executive vice president Steve Tisch, but the NFL has not yet found anything to punish Tisch over in reference to his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein.
Roger Goodell opened up about the league’s investigation of Tisch and that it has not yet found anything to convict the Giants co-owner and chairman of the board.
Tisch has been the subject of the leaguewide inquiry since The Athletic reported damning evidence of his relationship with the now-deceased and disgraced New York real-estate developer and convicted child sex offender.
Roger Goodell Addressed the Steve Tisch Investigation
The Tisch family has pre-emptively moved to transfer their ownership stake to the three children and keep Steve in his role as chairman of the board of the Giants. Goodell made sure to highlight that while addressing reporters at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix this week.
“The Tisch family also made some family changes,” Goodell said. “We did some transactions as part of their estate planning. They’re no longer owners.”
The Athletic reported damning email evidence from years ago about the link between Epstein and Tisch, which was released when the US Department of Justice released thousands of so-called Epstein files.
But Goodell and NFL investigators apparently haven’t seen any of that.
So it must have come as a huge disappointment to Giants fans, and NFL fans in general, to hear Goodell effectively cover for Tisch — even if the NFL commissioner has worked for the family since taking over in 2006.
“We were going to follow the facts, and we have been doing that,” Goodell said. “We have been very focused on making sure that we understand everything that is out there. We’ve engaged with others to make sure we have that information. But we have not found anything that’s a violation at this stage.”
The Steve Tisch Situation Has Dampened an Exciting Offseason for the Giants
The NFL’s ongoing investigation in the Tisch situation is threatening to loom over what has otherwise been an exhilarating offseason for Big Blue.
Of course, the Giants added John Harbaugh as their head coach and are poised to select another impact player with the No. 5 overall pick at the draft in Pittsburgh this month. All that comes on the heels of Jaxson Dart’s emergence as potential franchise quarterback in 2025.
Winning may ultimately be the best deodorant. But there will certainly be Giants fans who will struggle to get excited about an organization that is effectively covering for an alleged child abuser — especially since Tisch has continued to profit as a Giants owner all the while.
The transfer of ownership from Tisch to his children doesn’t seem like enough, especially since Steve Tisch will continue to serve in a leadership role for the Giants.
The NFL will undoubtedly continue flourishing, and the Giants will survive especially if Harbaugh takes the team to heights unseen since they won Super Bowl XLVI.
But even a rumor of Tisch engaging with Epstein is terrible for both the league and the Giants and threatens any good will they have accrued.